Ickle cheddar biscuits (Mc Vities Mini Cheddars)

Member Name: leanne8686

Product:	Mc Vities Mini Cheddars
Date:	02/06/09 (92 review reads)
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Advantages: tasty, not too unhealthy, quick snack, gorgeous flavours

Disadvantages: none for me

I've been working today, the dreaded 10-2 shift. I have breakfast before I start but by the time I get home its 2.45pm and too late for lunch, I always have some kind of little snack so i'll still be hungry at tea time!
The snack today is a bag of mini cheddars with a few slices of cheese.


We purchased a multi-pack of 7 bags- 3 original, 2 cheese and onion and the flavour of choice today; extra mature cheddar.
They are currently on offer at Sainsburys for £1 per 7 bag multi-pack.

We buy them as an alternative to crisps for my fellas lunch box everyday for work. I sneak the odd bag when I'm home during the day too and always enjoy them. I feel they're slightly healthier, the cheddars are baked rather than fried and the bags are smaller so you eat less than you would with a bag of crisps.

Mini cheddars have been around for ages and unlike some foods they haven't messed about with the recipe too much as they still taste as good as they used to!

They contain no artificial colours or flavourings and the extra mature flavour i'm currently enjoying contains 7% real cheese.
This bag contains 129 calories, the original flavour contains slightly less for some reason.


The taste test.........
On opening the foil fresh bag I am greeted by a really cheesy smell, good cheesy not smelly cheesy!
The cheddars themselves are around an inch across with little dots like perforations on the top. They are golden brown in colour and look 'cooked'.

As this variety has extra flavour compared to original cheddars, these have a fine layer of powder on them which is the cheese flavouring. They do taste strong just like a proper mature cheddar cheese.
Once you've sucked the powdery flavour off (if you're a messy eater like me lol) the rest of the biscuit has a different milder flavour but still cheesy.

They are crunchy like a cheese biscuit, they're fairly thick and I think they take longer to eat than a crisp and are a more substantial snack, my stomach definitely agrees!
Another good thing is as they aren't as thin as crisps you rarely come across a broken one and get a bag full of whole mini cheddars :)

You can eat them as you would a bag of crisps as a snack anytime of the day or like I am doing now with a few slices of cheese or some cheese spread as if they are a mini cheese biscuit.


Mini cheddars are also available in crinkle cut in a variety of flavours including Prawn cocktail and salt and vinegar!

Summary: Yum Yum!